I just kinda skimmed this thread didn't read it all the way through, but, I'm a HUGE fan of tattoos. I have several, and none of them hurt all that much - for me, at least, it helps to watch what the artist is doing - for some reason it hurts less when I'm watching him than when I can't see him work.
Maybe I'll post pics of my tats sometime.....I have a treble clef intertwined with flowers on the back of my neck (I'm a music fanatic and play piano) a heart made of rose vines (horribly cliche i got it on my 18th birthday before i was old enough to know better) on my back, a bracelet on my left wrist, initials of my ex (also cliche and dumb) on my left ankle, and on my right ankle I have the celtic symbol for wisdom and truth symbol, with the names of my two little boys - that's my newest one and I designed it myself, and is my favorite
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